Legendary musician Chuck Berry died on Saturday, according to police in Missouri. He was 90 years old.

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"Every riff and solo played by rock guitarists over the last 60 years contains DNA that can be traced right back to Chuck Berry," Sweden's esteemed Polar Music Prize Foundation stated emphatically when awarding Berry its rock music prize in 2014.

Berry burst onto the scene in the mid-1950s, cutting songs at Chess Records that are woven into the very fabric of what became known as rock 'n' roll: Maybellene, Roll Over Beethoven, Johnny B. Goode, School Days, Rock and Roll Music, Sweet Little Sixteen, and No Particular Place to Go.

Born Charles Edward Anderson Berry on Oct. 18, 1926, to middle-class parents in the black neighbourhood of The Ville in St. Louis, Mo., Berry would grow up to produce an infectious alchemy of blues, hillbilly music and Western swing.

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This has saddened me beyond belief, I was playing his riffs at 16. One of my all time Rock & Roll heroes. He may have had a somewhat lurid private life, but he will be remembered for his music. How many famous bands started out doing Chuck Berry covers?

This has saddened me beyond belief, I was playing his riffs at 16. One of my all time Rock & Roll heroes. He may have had a somewhat lurid private life, but he will be remembered for his music. How many famous bands started out doing Chuck Berry covers?

Almost all of them;, my friend."The secret o' life is enjoying the passage of time." 1977, James Taylor
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